Salim al-Hilali was born in al-Khalil (Hebron) Palestine in 1957. His
post-graduate studies was in the subject of Hadith. He accompanied Muhammad
Nasir ad-Din al-Albani, the Authority of Hadith of our time and the Reviver of
Islam in this century, and served as a student under him for the length of one
quarter of a century (25 years). He met and studied with many of the people of
knowledge in India, Pakistan and the Hijaz who certified him with ijazahs
(approbations) to teach and narrate from them. Among these scholars include:
Badi' ad-Din as-Sindhi (the Muhaddith of Sindh), Muhibb ad-Din as-Sindhi, Abd
al-Ghaffar Hasan, Muhammad 'Abdul-Falah, 'Ataullah Hanif (the Muhaddith of
Punjab) and Hammad al-Ansari (the Muhaddith of Madinah).

The shaykh played an active role in calling to the
methodology of the Salaf. He was probably one of the most famous Salafi scholars
in the West in the 90s due to his constant visiting and attending of
conferences, seminars and programs in the United Kingdom and the United States
(particularly al-Qur'an was-Sunnah Society [QSS] conferences). He also teaches
and gives lectures in Jordan.